Boeing workers vote to end $9.6B strike, nabbing 43% wage increase over 4 years
arstechnica.com
Workers vow to restore Boeing’s iconic legacy as costly strike ends.

More than 33,000 Boeing workers reached a tentative agreement Monday night to end a weekslong strike that quickly became one of the costliest strikes in recent history—estimated to have cost the US economy more than $9.6 billion.

Through their unions, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Districts 751 and W24, workers in Washington state, Oregon, and California had previously rejected two inadequate Boeing offers while the company lost hundreds of millions daily. Negotiations had stalled until US Secretary of Labor Julie Su stepped in, IAM said in a press release, helping to restart talks and get to a deal that 59 percent of workers could agree on.

Under the proposed deal, workers will receive a 43 percent wage increase over four years, as well as a $12,000 bonus they can choose to receive in their paycheck, as a 401(k) contribution, or a combination of both. Additionally, Boeing agreed to match 401(k) contributions up to 8 percent.

  • blight [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Boeing agreed to match 401(k) contributions up to 8 percent.

    Nothing sinister about indirectly “gifting” stocks in your own company

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      2 months ago

      I'm fairly certain that's not how 401Ks work lol, though of course I wouldn't put it past boeing to try something like it

      • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        It's not uncommon for companies to make their own stock or some variant of it (like "no interest but the amount is adjusted for inflation, but owned by the company") the default 401k investment option and most people don't bother to change the default

        • Chronicon [they/them]
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          2 months ago

          damn guess I've just never worked at a place sufficiently large/shitty to do that